Chelyabinsk Park "Victory Garden" is not only a lovely place to relax from the bustle of the city, but also a great opportunity to see the sights of the capital of the Southern Urals, to spend time with benefit. Let's take a closer look at this object and its history.
"Garden of Victory": brief reference
"Victory Garden" in Chelyabinsk, with a total area of 19.5 hectares, is considered the second largest park in the city. Traditionally, events and rallies dedicated to Victory Day, the day the Second World War began, are held here. Sports competitions, performances by local amateur groups, competitions for citizens are not uncommon here.
The park is focused primarily on children's recreation: in the warm season there is a rope park, a temporary pool with electric motor boats, trampolines and other attractions; in winter, children can ride the ice slides, admire the beautiful Christmas tree. For adults, entertainment is represented by a karting platform, a shooting gallery. Some visitors come here to get to knowattractions, which we will definitely touch on below.
Address of the "Garden of Victory" of Chelyabinsk: Traktorozavodsky district, a "square" formed by the intersecting streets of Marchenko, Pervaya Pyatiletki, Heroes of Tankograd and Salyutnaya. Map coordinates: 55°10'8″ N 61°27'24″E
From April to November "Victory Garden" is open from 6.00 to 0.00; from November to April - from 7.00 to 0.00.
Museum of Military Equipment
The most famous monuments in the Victory Garden of Chelyabinsk are the unique exhibits of the open-air museum. Admire military equipment, which is the pride of not only the park, but the whole city, every visitor can absolutely free. In addition, any exhibit can be touched and even climbed onto its surface.
Here are both restored witnesses of hot battles, and models assembled by Ural craftsmen according to drawings. According to the technical characteristics, the history of each exhibit of the visitor will be guided by an individual plate of the machine.
Today there are 17 vehicles in the museum of military equipment - both contemporaries of the Great Patriotic War and post-war models. In July 2013, a restored patrol boat that survived 1941-1945 became a neighbor of tracked and wheeled vehicles. The latest element of the exposition in the same 2013 was the ZPU-4 (anti-aircraft machine gun mount), donated to the museum on the City Day.
Monument "Good Angel of Peace"
Second inpopularity, the attraction of the park, which adorns many photos from the "Victory Garden" in Chelyabinsk, is a 10-meter column, which is crowned with a gilded fragile figurine of an angel. If you look closely, you can see that the celestial is standing on a small hemisphere - the image of our Earth. In the hands of an angel is a dove, a symbol of world peace.
This touching composition was cast in the workshops of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The opening of the monument on May 30, 2008 was timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, one of the city-forming enterprises.
Chelyabinsk "Angel of Peace" has brothers and sisters all over the globe: in Moscow, Pyongyang, Krasnodar, Bishkek and other cities. The closest neighbor radiates rays of goodness in Yemanzhelinsk, a small town in the same Chelyabinsk region. The idea of installing "Good Angels" belongs to the charitable organization "Patrons of the Century". The compositions are built exclusively with funds donated by her associates.
Monument to "Defenders of the Fatherland"
The monument to "Defenders of the Fatherland", which can also be found on the territory of the "Victory Garden" in Chelyabinsk, is dedicated to ChTZ workers who did not return home from the front. This is a grandiose 36-meter stele, to which a cube adjoins - a symbol of eternity. On one side of the latter there is a bas-relief in the form of a head of a warrior in a helmet, on the other - the same three-dimensional image of a worker standing against the background of tanks. The composition is crowned with the inscription "To the tractor builders who fell forMotherland".
Next to the main part of the memorial there are four small steles - on them you can read the names of 1657 ChTZ workers who gave their lives for their Motherland in the Great Patriotic War.
The authors of the idea of the monument are G. M. Sukhorukov and A. S. Bovkun. The construction of the monument was carried out under the supervision of B. N. Novokreshchenov and I. V. Shiryaev.
Monument to the South Urals border guards
Another decoration of the "Garden of Victory" in Chelyabinsk was the monument "To the Border Guards of the Southern Urals", built entirely with charitable funds. This monument, inaugurated in May 2012, is the first of its kind in the Chelyabinsk region, which, by the way, is one of the border regions of Russia. It is dedicated to all military personnel, whom fate somehow connected with the border troops: conscripts, personnel, young people who are preparing for such service.
The monument is a slab of dark serpentine, set on a small hill. It depicts a map of the Russian Federation, a border guard with a faithful four-legged colleague, a military vessel and a helicopter. Next to this composition there is a symbolic border post marked "2012" - the year the monument was opened.
History of the Victory Garden in Chelyabinsk
The park is the same age as ChTZ - it was built in the 1930s on the site of a birch grove. In those days, it did not have a specific name - it was also called the "ParkChTZ", and the garden of the tractor plant, and the garden of the social city of ChTZ.
During the war, the park was completely abandoned. It was in such a state even in the fifties - goats grazed on its lawns, the fence fell down in places, only the central alley was illuminated. At the same time, the move was paid - at the price of one ruble. Naturally, in such conditions, the park was deserted and deserted.
Later, the garden was thoroughly taken up - a rental of sports equipment and children's toys, a ski lodge, a reading room, and a summer stage were opened here. In 1965, the district executive committee of the Traktorozavodsky district decided to give the hitherto nameless park the modern name "Victory Garden" - in honor of the 20th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. In 1975, a monument to "Defenders of the Fatherland" - a Soviet worker and soldier - was unveiled on the main alley.
Not so long ago - in 2006-2010. - a large-scale reconstruction was carried out in the park, as a result of which the Alley of Peace, the Alley of Veterans, the Alley of Youth, a modern playground, and a summer theater appeared. And in 2007, the military-patriotic open-air museum mentioned at the beginning of the article was opened in the park.
"Victory Garden" in Chelyabinsk is a museum, memorial and recreational park at the same time. On its territory, children and adults can both see the sights and engage in outdoor activities.
